One classic brownstone and one pseudo-townhouse topped another slow week in the Brooklyn luxury market.
The borough saw 15 contracts —10 condos and five houses — with a total asking volume of $41 million, according to Compass’ weekly reports for contracts signed on homes asking at least $2 million from Sept. 1 to Sept. 7.
It’s the second week in a row that Brooklyn has fallen short of last year’s numbers. In the week following last year’s Labor Day holiday, the borough saw 17 contracts signed for $58 million.
The top contract last week went to a townhouse at 130 Fort Greene Place asking $5 million.
The 19th-century home was previously sold for $2.6 million in 2014 and underwent extensive renovations.
At 20 feet wide, the townhouse spans almost 3,800 square feet and has seven bedrooms and four full bathrooms.
The parlor level has herringbone wood floors, 11-foot ceilings with plaster detailing and moldings and oversized windows, and a wood-burning fireplace framed by an original marble mantel with restored crown moldings. A private terrace from the kitchen leads to the backyard.
The second-floor primary suite features a walk-in closet, an ensuite marble bathroom with dual vanities and a walk-in rain shower. A secondary bedroom features a decorative fireplace and a private terrace.
The top floor has three bedrooms, a laundry room and a flexible fourth room. The garden level features a renovated two-bedroom apartment with a private entrance.
Compass’ Suzanne Koxvold, Mia Lieberman and Rachel Greenstein had the listing.
The second priciest listing went to a unit asking $3 million at 205 14th Street, a boutique condo building in Park Slope.
The unit, listed as the townhouse, is the most expensive of the five units in the building, the other four of which have been sold.
It was originally listed for $4.5 million in June 2024 by a Nest Seekers team, before being relisted last October for $3.5 million by a different Nest Seekers team.
This June, it was listed at its last asking price by Serhant’s Andrew Appell and David Fernandez.
Spanning over 3,900 square feet, the triplex comes with three bedrooms and three bathrooms and “lives like a standalone townhouse,” according to the StreetEasy listing.
The parlor level comes with 11-foot ceilings and double-height bay windows. It also holds three bedrooms, including two primary suites, one of which opens onto a private terrace.
The garden level features a wet bar and library nook, while the lower level runs over 50 feet deep and comes with built-in wine storage and an integrated media wall.
Robert Saffayeh, Gabriel Saffayeh, Elie Fouerti and Vyacheslav Faybyshev bought the site, along with a second parcel at 228 East 13th Street, for $11.5 million. The group developed The Ainsley, a 28-unit condo building, on the adjacent second parcel.
Homes in the borough entering contract last week had an average price per square foot of $1,436 and a median asking price of $2.5 million.
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